Tabita Rezaire

Sorry for Real, 2015

‘Sorry for Real’ is a virtual apology on behalf of the western world. Aiming to provide an apology for genocide, slavery, colonialism, segregation, apartheid, and the exploitation of black and indigenous bodies, and the current heritage of the colonial matrix of power that is capitalism, white supremacy, and hetero-patriarchy, this work questions the apology forgiveness narrative. What is the function of an apology? Who benefits from the apology? What power structures are hidden behind our apologetic age?